The manor house in Brodzany was originally built in 1377, in the Renaissance style it was rebuilt in the 17th century by the Kvaššay family. In 1844, the Austrian diplomat Baron Gustav Friesenhof, based in St. Petersburg, became the owner of the manor. After the death of his wife Natálie, Gustáv Friesenhof married the sister-in-law of the then poor poet AS Pushkin, Alexandra Gončarovová. They had a daughter together, Natalia, who lived her whole life in Brodzany.
The manor house in Brodzany was originally built in 1377, in the Renaissance style it was rebuilt in the 17th century by the Kvaššay family. In 1844, the Austrian diplomat Baron Gustav Friesenhof, based in St. Petersburg, became the owner of the manor. After the death of his wife Natálie, Gustáv Friesenhof married the sister-in-law of the then poor poet AS Pushkin, Alexandra Gončarovová. They had a daughter together, Natalia, who lived her whole life in Brodzany.
She was very educated with extraordinary charisma. She planted a park with rare trees around the manor, built a chapel with a family tomb (1895) and a summer house (1911) in the nearby mountain, where her friends - artists - met. There was an animal cemetery around these buildings. Today, the museum includes a historic park and a family tomb.
The mansion has housed the Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Slavonic Museum since 1979. Apart from Moldova, it is the only museum outside the Russian Federation dedicated to Pushkin. A part of the monumental area of the Brodzian manor is also an extensive English park with water cascades of the Geradza stream. Walking through its nooks and crannies, we can admire the monument to AS Pushkin and busts of 10 important personalities of Slovak and Russian literature from leading Slovak artists. In the mountain above the village there is an evangelical chapel with the tomb of the owners of the Brod manor house.